Tuesday, November 18, 2008

our trip to england - 2008

couldn't sleep (4:00 am), so here i am working on the blog.
these are just a handful of the photos we took on our trip. i took about 800 out of which about 250 were blurry beacuse they were taken while moving on very narrow roads and no where to pull over to take pictures. so i feel lucky to have any that worked. but it was so much fun and we especially enjoyed being with our families there!

1. the first measurable snow (3-4 inches) in london area since 1934 fell the day before we landed, 2. a gathering at the herpenden hotel with friends and neighbors after uncle frank's funeral.

1. shopping in chelmsford on rememberance day - like our veterans day, 2. lunch with richard, hilary, matthew, amy & stephan (not in the photo), 3. billion dollar mall in manchester with lots of glass, marble and gold leafing - over 1 mile long, 4. lake windemere in the lake district, 5. beatrix potter's home in the lake district (close to windemere).




1 & 2. the pier and a gigantic roller coster at blackpool - a famous seaside resort, 3. the preston temple, 4 & 5. albert dock in liverpool with a statue donated by the church commemorating the 9 million emmigrants that left for the new world.




1. entering wales - reading signs in welsh galic 2. a castle built into the mountain overlooking colwyn bay 3. conwy castle built in the 1200's 4. conwy with its walled city, 5. the gate into caernarfon castle walled city - the street our b&b was on.




1. caernarfon castle in wales, 2, 3, 4 & 5. snowdonia national park area in northern wales (#5 was taken with my arm out of the car window aimed backward while driving with no idea if i was capturing what i wanted - my proudest shot).




1 & 2. llangollen - a beautiful place in wales, 3, 4 & 5. cambridge university.




1. beautiful colors at cambridge university, 2. jared in the futter kitchen after his stagg party where they dressed him up as proton man, 3. freezing cold ward bbq with fireworks to celebrate guy faux day, 4. the bride and groom femka and jared.